Garment hook



(No Model.)

' H; M. YORK. GARMENT HOOK.

No. 455,992, PatentedJuly 14, 1891.

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HORACE M. YORK, OF KENNEBUNK, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. HIRAM COUSENS, OF SAME PLACE.

GARMENT-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,992, dated July 14, 1891.

Application filed October 13, 1890. 4 Serial No. 367,906. (No model.)

To ail whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE M. YORK, of Kennebu-nk, in the county of York, State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hooks, of which the-following is a description suiiiciently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to .make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation showing my improvement in use; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the hook detached; Fig. 3, a vertical transverse section of the san1e,taken on line a: m in Fig. 2; and Fig. at, a rear elevation of the same.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates especiallyto portable hooks for supporting garments and similar articles; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler, cheaper,

and more effective device of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the hook, which consists of a metallic plate, the upper end of which is bent horizontally at right angles to the'body, as shown at b, and again vertically downward at right angles, as at d, the lower end being provided with teeth f.for detachably securing said body to a door B or similar projection.

Two or more sets of lugs g project laterally from the face of the plate A, and arms 72, which form the hooks proper, are pivoted in said lugs. The pivoted end of each of said arms is provided with a boss or projection 2'. This boss has a curved portion 2", which moves out of contact with the plate as the arm is swung open or closed, and astraight portion 1 which engages the face of the plate A and serves as a stop to support the arm or hook proper in an approximately horizontal position. These hooks proper may be of any suitable form and construction. They are preferably, however, of the form shown, which consists of a straight rod provided on its outer end with a knob j. The hook is designed to be carried in the pocket for immediate use. The toothed end fof said hook is inserted in the top of a door B, as shown in Fig.1, or any other suitable projection where the plate A will lie flat against a vertical surface. The hooks proper h are then turned outward into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, when they are ready for use. When the hook is detached from its support, the hooks proper h are folded upward against the plate A, as shown.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is A suspension device consisting of a rigid plate provided with a hook at one end having serrated teeth, and with laterally-projecting lugs, and an arm hinged to said lugs and provided with a boss at its lower end, said boss having a curved portion and a straight portion for engaging the plate and serving as a stop, substantially as described.

HORACE M. YORK.

Witnesses:

A. F. WoRMwooD, F. X. RAINO. 

